Given Anwar’s age and Najib’s tenuous hold on his power, it is not entirely impossible for the two to have come to an agreement for their mutual survival. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today The…

In either case, it is the people at the other end of the stories that benefit. Kapil Sethi, MMO With 1MDB, missing official jets and the shenanigans of K-pop stars hogging the headlines at…

Can we be a developed nation if we are not transparent in the matter of elections? write2rest I am glad that former EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar has weighed in on Bersih 2.0’s…

Reporters and lawyers are feverishly trying to get Sirul to talk from his jail cell about who ordered the killing and why. John Berthelsen, Asia Sentinel The detention in Brisbane,…

Do we have such a weak judiciary system which cannot even uphold appointments? The Malaysian government needs to appoint serious people to become magistrates and judges. Saravanan Forever I…

Ian McIntyre, The Heat Online  PKR HOGGED the limelight last year, but for all the wrong reasons. The move to oust former corporate figure Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as mentri besar of Selangor…

The only way to completely pay off Malaysia’s debt today is if every one of our 29.7 million population coughs up over RM21,000 each. Julius Peh, Free Malaysia Today The ringgit is falling…

Saya merujuk kepada kenyataan balas daripada Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali yang terus mempolemikkan isu pilihan raya kerajaan tempatan dan mendakwa DAP tidak konsisten dalam soal dasar…

Once upon a time George Washington was a terrorist. He, too, killed a lot of people. But he became a patriot when the Americans won the war against the English and then they named a city after…

Lim Kit Siang is described as a “Dapnosaur” who has done little for his constituents other than to bark at the PM who is trying his best to help his nation. Iskandar Mohamad, Free Malaysia…

The attitude and actions of the religious authorities over the past decade have shown all too clearly why the Shariah system in Malaysia is where it is in our Federal Constitution. Azrul Mohd…

As satire it has failed. The worst case is when satire reinforces the state of mind it purports to undercut, polarizes prejudices, and provokes the very behavior it condemns. This appears to be…

B. J. Epstein, The Huffington Post UK This week, Theresa May said the UK has to "wipe out anti-Semitism". The BBC has now featured an article about Jews in the UK fearing for their safety, but…

Jose Mario Dolor De Vega I joined the international community and the world in general in condemning to the highest possible extent and gravest degree the arbitrarily and heartless criminal and…

The Japanese used the Malaysian company as a guinea pig to test new technology. Iskandar Mohamad, Free Malaysia Today The story of Perwaja is the story of a loss so great that it goes down…

Zainuddin Maidin has been a longtime friend of Mahathir Mohamad, a fellow Kedahan, and both shares conservative views on Malay and Muslim rights. uppercaise Zam’s journalism career began in…

We now live in a Malaysia where one stupid statement can trigger even stupider statements, thus leading to politicians making perhaps stupidest statements that can be made into a satirical book…

There's a breakdown in logic in the outbursts against a Hindu temple in Putrajaya and a gurdwara in Bukit Beruntung. Scott Ng, FMT In recent years, we have been witness to increasing flexing…

Phua is known globally for his involvement in illegal online sports betting but Zahid says Malaysia would welcome Phua back with open arms. John Mallot, FMT Whenever there is an American…

The problem is, with the tudung on, the wearer carries an additional religious identity, and comes under heavier moral pressure. Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily IN THE BEGINNING, we went to…

If the death penalty is carried out, we will never know the full story of why they murdered the woman; whether she was connected with the purchase of the RM7 billion Scorpene submarines or if they…

They will get so disgusted with Umno, that even their dislike of Pakatan will not make them want to vote for BN ever again. Life of Annie I have not been writing the past four days as I'm…

The idea of scrapping vernacular schools will be met with resistance from various groups. When representatives of one race advocate something that is perceived to be a ‘threat’ to another…

Charlie Hebdo would be better off taking a cue from the American MAD magazine.  Yussof Condred All the world's sane people have condemned the murders at Charlie Hebdo. And rightly so. But…

 Shankaran Nambiar, MIER After a year of solid achievement on the economic front, Malaysia’s leaders will face difficult circumstances as they implement reform in 2015. One of the more…

Even the church has changed. Although the Bible forbids homosexuality and talks about how God punishes homosexuals with death, today even homosexual priests are allowed and are no longer put to…

Raggie Jessy Principles of causality are nothing new. For centuries, physicists have subscribed to the idea that every action, physical or incorporeal, effectuates a reaction. Likewise,…

Salleh Said Keruak I am very concerned about talk by some Sabahans that Malaya annexed Sabah in 1963 and that Sabah needs to conduct a referendum as to whether Sabahans still want to remain in…

Today, thanks to social media, just about anyone can now share an opinion in an instant. But Malaysians are in need of clever and intelligent discourse. Wong Chun Wai, The Star IT is a mark…

Amin Iskandar, The Malaysian Insider Walaupun masih ada setahun sebelum pemilihan Umno pada 2016, pertandingan yang bakal memberikan laluan kepada ahli parti untuk menjadi pemimpin negara itu…